Report

Policy Recommendations for Children and Families Facing Eviction

Each year, millions of American families are evicted from their homes. Families with children are evicted at much higher rates, and children who experience eviction often face high rates of mobility and unstable living environments that can have a negative impact on their education, physical health, mental health, and interpersonal relationships.

Interventions to support children and families who have been evicted must acknowledge all of the barriers to stability, and address both the reasons why the family was evicted as well as the trauma experienced as a result of the eviction.

The recommendations in this report include the following:

Increase the supply of affordable housing

Expand access to civil legal services

Pass the Homeless Children and Youth Act (S. 611/H.R. 1511)

Strengthen family tax credits

Reform the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program

Support transition-aged foster youth and stabilize families at risk of entering care